Wire rack.



L. B. WILLIAMS.

WIRE RACK. APPLICATION FILED H13. 7, 1911.

Patented Oct. 3, 1911.

NT AT WIRE RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. February 7, 1911.

Patented Oct. 3, 1911.

Serial No. 607,031.

, To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LAURA B. WILLIAMS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Jacksonville, in the county of Duval and State of Florida,have invented new and useful Improvements in Wire Racks, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention provides a rack designed most especially for use in thekitchen for receiving sundry articles, such as the covers of pots andpans, pie plates, pastry tins and implements of various kinds, such ascan openers, cork screws, bottle openers and the like.

The invention provides a rack which is constructed solely of wire, thesame being fashioned into novel form to provide a substantial and lightdevice effective for the purpose intended.

The invention consists of the novel features, details of constructionand combination of parts, which hereinafter will be more particularlyset forth, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed out inthe appended claim.

Referring to the drawing, forming a part of the specification, Figure 1is a front view of a rack embodying the invention. Fig. 2-

is a view showing the members comprising the frame separated. Fig. 3 isan edge view of the rack. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of thejoint formed between the vertical and the upper horizontal elements ofthe frame members. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the joint formedbetween the lower elements of the frame members.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription, and inclicated in all the views of the drawing, by the samereference characters.

The rack comprises a frame, braces and pivoted bars, the several partsbeing formed of wire. The frame members comprise two wires or strandswhich are intertwisted, one of the wires being formed into coils 1 atintervals, said coils forming positive attaching means for the bars andthe rack suspending means.- The frame has eyes 2 at its four corners toreceive nails or like fastenings for securing the rack to a partition,wall or like supporting structure. The eyes 1 formed along the verticalelements or members of the frame receive the ends of the bars 3, whichform supporting means for the pot covers, pie plates, and like articles.The frame, as indicated most clearly in Fig. 2,

comprises two members each being formed of two strands of wire which areintertwisted. One of the members consists of an upright 4 and ahorizontal element 5, the upper portion of the element 4 being bent uponitself to form a suspending eye 6 and having the terminal portionsecured by being passed between the strands or wires and bent about thesame. The other member of the frame comprises uprights 7 and 8 andhorizontal elements 9 and 10, the latter extending only one-half thewidth of the rack and terminating in a hook 11. When the parts areassembled the elements 5 and 10 of the two frame members aline andextend the entire width of the rack, the end portion of the element 10interlocking with' the eye formed at the angle between the two elements4 and 5. The upright 4 interlocks at its upper end with an eye formed atthe central point in the length of the element 9. After the two framemembers have been fitted together they are strengthened vertically bymeans of braces 12 and the uprights 4, 7 and 8 are connected by means ofthe horizontal bars 3, which latter have their ends portions looped intothe eyes 1 of said uprights.

The bars 3 have their end portions oppositely inclined and theirextremities looped into the eyes of the uprights of the frame. Each ofthe bars has an eye 18 at the angle formed between the inclined endportions and the horizontal portion, thereby adding to the flexibilityof the bars. The bars in general appearance present the approximate formof a bail and are connected to the uprights of the frame in a manner tohave a pivotal movement so as to hang in a substantially verticalposition when not in actual service, thus being out of the way.Moreover, the bars may swing to adapt themselves to the bulk of thearticles suspended thereby.

To increase the capacity of the rack and to make provision forsuspending sundry articles, such as a cork screw, can opener, nutmeggrater, basting spoon, and the like a plurality of hooks 15 are attachedto the lower horizontal member of the frame, said hooks being loose soas to be moved to the required position.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawing, the advantages of the construction and of themethod of operation will be readily apparent to those skilled in the artto which the invention appertains.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new, is

A rack comprising two members each formed of intertwisted wires andhaving one of the wires deflected from the other at intervals and bentinto eyes, one of the members comprising an upright and a horizontalelement and the other member comprising two uprights and upper and lowerhorizontal elements, the upper horizontal element extending the fullwidth of the rack and the lower horizontal member extending to theupright of the first mentioned member and with the horizontal portion ofsaid member extending the entire width of the rack, the upright of thefirst mentioned member engaging at its ends with the upper and the lowerhorizontal elements of the second member, and bails having their endportions looped into eyes of the uprights of the two members, said bailsbeing free to swing and normally occupying a pendent position.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LAURA B. WVILLIAMS. \Vitnesses:

KATE WILLIAMS, SAML. \V. Fox.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. O.

